#rio

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ↗

— Martin Luther

#consider #every #far #glorious #gold

I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene period of a northern and southern fauna. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#basin #hypothesis #i #indications #long

Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day. ↗

— David Lynch

#day #fall #get #glorious #i

There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments. ↗

— David Lynch

#experiments #film #films #hours #i

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering. ↗

— Robert Staughton Lynd

#indifferent #only #own #suffering #thing

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

#appearance #attracted #beneath #concerned #consecutive

The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty. Darwin's theory, though unquestionably materialist in its main features, is not free from some serious errors. ↗

— Trofim Lysenko

#classics #darwin #darwinian #darwinian theory #errors

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#continuous #cry #emergency #fear #fervor

I can actually feel the interior body of a dancer. I have the ability to capture a split second... I want you to be hit with whatever the essence is of this sculpture. ↗

— Richard MacDonald

#actually #body #capture #dancer #essence

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama. ↗

— Ali MacGraw

#drama #dramatically #events #handle #i